Question 1
The course "Outdoor Emergency Care" was created by the National Ski Patrol to...
A) create a standard of care for ski patrollers and others involved in outdoor emergency care
B) provide a standard of training for OEC technicians and others involved in outdoor
recreation
C) respond to a request from Minnie Dole to develop training for patrollers working at ski
resorts
D) create a worldwide standard of care for anyone providing outdoor emergency care
CORRECT ANSWER
b, provide a standard of training for OEC technicians and others involved in outdoor
research
Question 2
The person who first organized a volunteer "ski patrol" and then was asked to organize a
national patrol was...
CORRECT ANSWER
Minnie Dole
Question 3
The 10th Mountain Division was founded
A) through a request from the U.S. president to Minnie Dole
B) after Minnie Dole convinced the U.S. Army that a winter warfare unit would be valuable
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,C) by members of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, many of whom were skiers
D) through the Norwegian Army, which had a cold-weather unit during World War I
CORRECT ANSWER
b, after Minnie Dole convinced the U.S. Army that a winter warfare unit would be
valuable.
Question 4
Dr. Warren Bowman is considered the father of Outdoor Emergency Care because he...
A) was the first program director for the National Ski Patrol
B) co-authored the first ski patrol manual with the American Red Cross
C) founded the National Ski Patrol as a separate entity
D) created the concept of "intermediate" medical care for ski patrollers
CORRECT ANSWER
d, created the concept of "intermediate" medical care for ski patrollers
Question 5
In order to maintain OEC certification, you must...
A) complete the assigned refresher course each year that covers one-third of the curriculum
every year during the three year refresher cycle
B) complete a refresher course that covers the key objectives of the entire curriculum every
year
C) complete a refresher course that covers the key objectives of the entire curriculum every
three years
D) demonstrate CPR and AED skills every two years
CORRECT ANSWER
a, complete a refresher course that covers one-third of the curriculum every year
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,Question 6
Good Samaritan Laws generally...
A) protect a ski patroller from being sued in every circumstance
B) may apply to people who do not receive compensation for helping people
C) are the same in every state
D) provide enough protection so that you need not to know whether your mountain has
insurance
CORRECT ANSWER
b, may apply to people who do not receive compensation for helping people
Question 7
Although regulations differ from state to state, the general laws that may protect OEC
technicians from liability while providing emergency care are known as...
A) emergency rescue protection laws
B) Good Samaritan laws
C) volunteer rescue liability laws
D) first rescuer liability laws
CORRECT ANSWER
b, Good Samaritan laws
Question 8
You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your patrol jacket,
you come upon a car collision in which people appear to be injured. You recognize that if
you approach the collision wearing your patrol jacket, members of the public may have a
reasonable expectation that you will provide care. This expectation is known as...
A) the absence of negligence.
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, B) professional ethics.
C) moral obligation.
D) the doctrine of public reliance.
CORRECT ANSWER
d, the doctrine of public reliance
Question 9
While you are alone and caring for an injured skier in the aid room, a fellow patroller calls
and tells you that your own young child was just injured in the terrain park. Concerned for
your child, you leave the patient's care unfinished and run to the terrain park. Your action
could be viewed as...
A) a breach of ethics.
B) your duty to act.
C) denial of care.
D) abandonment.
CORRECT ANSWER
d, abandonment
Question 10
The harming of an individual by not performing up to the technician's standard of training
is called...
A) negligence.
B) assault.
C) gross negligence.
D) standard of care breach.
CORRECT ANSWER
a, negligence
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The course "Outdoor Emergency Care" was created by the National Ski Patrol to...
A) create a standard of care for ski patrollers and others involved in outdoor emergency care
B) provide a standard of training for OEC technicians and others involved in outdoor
recreation
C) respond to a request from Minnie Dole to develop training for patrollers working at ski
resorts
D) create a worldwide standard of care for anyone providing outdoor emergency care
CORRECT ANSWER
b, provide a standard of training for OEC technicians and others involved in outdoor
research
Question 2
The person who first organized a volunteer "ski patrol" and then was asked to organize a
national patrol was...
CORRECT ANSWER
Minnie Dole
Question 3
The 10th Mountain Division was founded
A) through a request from the U.S. president to Minnie Dole
B) after Minnie Dole convinced the U.S. Army that a winter warfare unit would be valuable
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,C) by members of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, many of whom were skiers
D) through the Norwegian Army, which had a cold-weather unit during World War I
CORRECT ANSWER
b, after Minnie Dole convinced the U.S. Army that a winter warfare unit would be
valuable.
Question 4
Dr. Warren Bowman is considered the father of Outdoor Emergency Care because he...
A) was the first program director for the National Ski Patrol
B) co-authored the first ski patrol manual with the American Red Cross
C) founded the National Ski Patrol as a separate entity
D) created the concept of "intermediate" medical care for ski patrollers
CORRECT ANSWER
d, created the concept of "intermediate" medical care for ski patrollers
Question 5
In order to maintain OEC certification, you must...
A) complete the assigned refresher course each year that covers one-third of the curriculum
every year during the three year refresher cycle
B) complete a refresher course that covers the key objectives of the entire curriculum every
year
C) complete a refresher course that covers the key objectives of the entire curriculum every
three years
D) demonstrate CPR and AED skills every two years
CORRECT ANSWER
a, complete a refresher course that covers one-third of the curriculum every year
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,Question 6
Good Samaritan Laws generally...
A) protect a ski patroller from being sued in every circumstance
B) may apply to people who do not receive compensation for helping people
C) are the same in every state
D) provide enough protection so that you need not to know whether your mountain has
insurance
CORRECT ANSWER
b, may apply to people who do not receive compensation for helping people
Question 7
Although regulations differ from state to state, the general laws that may protect OEC
technicians from liability while providing emergency care are known as...
A) emergency rescue protection laws
B) Good Samaritan laws
C) volunteer rescue liability laws
D) first rescuer liability laws
CORRECT ANSWER
b, Good Samaritan laws
Question 8
You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your patrol jacket,
you come upon a car collision in which people appear to be injured. You recognize that if
you approach the collision wearing your patrol jacket, members of the public may have a
reasonable expectation that you will provide care. This expectation is known as...
A) the absence of negligence.
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, B) professional ethics.
C) moral obligation.
D) the doctrine of public reliance.
CORRECT ANSWER
d, the doctrine of public reliance
Question 9
While you are alone and caring for an injured skier in the aid room, a fellow patroller calls
and tells you that your own young child was just injured in the terrain park. Concerned for
your child, you leave the patient's care unfinished and run to the terrain park. Your action
could be viewed as...
A) a breach of ethics.
B) your duty to act.
C) denial of care.
D) abandonment.
CORRECT ANSWER
d, abandonment
Question 10
The harming of an individual by not performing up to the technician's standard of training
is called...
A) negligence.
B) assault.
C) gross negligence.
D) standard of care breach.
CORRECT ANSWER
a, negligence
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